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,..... :,it.<,2...2 - ..... 7,3. .Dd Drawing Board" 00 I -.--/ ..-036--. \ finish cement floor; and the ceiling rafters are hidden with wallboard. As Ernie cracked: "After breaking our necks hanging the ceiling for the Manhattan Beach-we're going to go soft on this job." A wrecking bar, broom and paint will do wonders to any basement if it has been unoccupied for a long period. For a full week these worked overtime while Erni6 and I put in time-and-ahalf under the shower. Short work was made of the coal bin. Window screens were stacked under the stairs. Walls and floors were washed down. Until finally, if there was any sem- blance of a cobweb left, I'd be the last one to find it. It was during one of o ur brief breathers that Ernie pitches this question at me. "Hbw come you decided on an ISLAND layout?" "For a variety of reasons," I an- i • whole. This automatically eliminatei rubber neck." "Rubber neck?" "That being a curious malad• found where one has to twist and turn his head to follow the trains around the room.. "Well, I'll be damned," he breathes. I continues. "And in the event we ever move outta here, I don't want to .· ·:·124 ·. swers. "No matter where you stand Al<•aff•.Ai- 2 the entire layout can be viewed as a AN#**57-- .-- %-- i i.>-- f -- ·· .- =S.*"w""'&25&Le* . . i. March 1953 -. % - .. 4,- -' -'·.042-:'/4.1....: : be tied down with a wall-type layout 1 11 . 4. that wouldn't fit into our new quar:ters. [Little did we realize how soon this would come to pass.] Furthermore, an island-type layout lends itself well to future expansion by simply J. ft AJFJ•%(1 f.**F: '2 ·. & i.e R.·-M*T L- -*•25.i•. -#6442 6%..... *,1 I. ..: - ... .,· ·-,·7 9/1Gf.L ... S '44.,S 4. 036 *71 hdding another 'island' or two where "My board is always propped up somewhere on the benchwork and 1 still don't know whether feasible. And it doesn't require scenic I spent more time with pencil in hand...or hammer." 19 i . .. I--..... .-." 4 · 0 U .:......-' ty Part 6 Turedo Junction - Saga of an 11*D Empire en,1 The drawing board asa tool.... Virtues of an "island" layout. ... Background scenery.... Constructing and leveling the benchwork.... Developing a quiet (but not silent) track base -. Fl /4 1 '." .. f .. .»A Al ' . 1/5•